Art shows and exhibits in the Berkshires and Southern Vermont

A student takes an art class at the Vermont Arts Exchange in Bennington.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014 4:24 pm

Summer Previews

Arrowhead

Herman Melville's historic house hosts summer shows. Pittsfield.

Artscape

Public outdoor art exhibit through downtown Pittsfield, in public areas including Park Square. "Arts+Industry" theme celebrates Pittsfield and the Berkshires' industrial heritage: past, present and future. Self-guided tours of some two dozen installations, info at Pittsfield Visitors Center, City Hall, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts.

Artswalk

Visual arts in more than 20 venues along the North and South Street corridor. Art changes on first Fridays in June and August and on July 3. Venues include Art On No, the Berkshire Museum, Gallery 25, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts and the Colonial Theatre. Full schedule at firstfridaysartswalk.com.

‘Windswept' sculpture and objects celebrate the beauty of wind, opens May 23. Garden open daily 9 to 5 p.m., tours Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 10 a.m. June 15 to Sept. 1. Stockbridge.

Berkshire Museum

"Butterflies" -- live Butterfly Pavilion with native and exotic species. Butterfly life cycle, habitats and metamorphosis in a chrysalis display. Contemporary and historic art, historic objects and artifacts from cultures around the world, opens May 31. Butterfly activities Tuesdays and Thursdays in July and August. Children's adventures 11 a.m. Fridays. Chow time at the acquarium 12:30 p.m. Saturdays. Little Cinema films weekly. Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation, dinosaurs, local natural history, classical art, gallery of American Indian art and culture. 39 South St., Pittsfield.

Chesterwood

Studio, house and grounds of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of Lincoln Memorial. "Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2014: Selected Works by Albert Paley" opens June 14. "An Oasis of Beauty: Photographs by Artist-in-Residence Julie McCarthy" opens May 24. Concerts on Fridays in July and August. May 24 to June 30, ad Sept.1 to Sept. 30, Thursday to Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; July 1 to Aug. 31 and Oct. 1 to Oct. 13, open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stockbridge.

Clark Art Institute

Re-opening after 10-year renovation. "Make It New: Abstract Painting from the National Gallery of Art, 1950-1975," Jackson Pollock's Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), Mark Rothko's No. 1 (1961), Lee Bontecou's Untitled (1962) and more, July 4 to Oct. 13. "Cast for Eternity: Ancient Ritual Bronzes from the Shanghai Museum," July 4 to Sept. 21. "Raw Color: The Circles of David Smith," July 4 to Oct. 19. 225 South St., Williamstown.

Community Access to the Arts

"I Am a Part of Art," annual art show opening July 24. Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield. Exhibit runs through Aug. 24.

DownStreet Art

Art openings across downtown North Adams, last Thursday of each month, June to Sept., 6 to 9 p.m. Gallery openings, street performances and public art works. North Adams.

"Pioneers of American Modernism -- Morris and Holtzman," founding members of the American Abstract Artists, show opens June 26. Home of abstract artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen with frescoes, sculptures and murals. Hourly guided tours, Thursday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Painting demos on Fridays at 11 a.m. with local artists. Half-price tour Thursday at 10 a.m. for Berkshire residents. Gentle Yoga on the Grounds, Thursdays 12:30 p.m., weather permitting, with certified instructor Lisa Reynolds, free with admission. Lenox.

Hancock Shaker Village

Photography in the Poultry House galleries: Dual gallery exhibition of Paul Lange's "Fowl Portraits" and Eric Korenman's "Shaker Series," opening May 22. Gifts and acquisitions from the last five years on display in main gallery. Pittsfield.

Julia Mandle and Gayle Wells Mandle, ‘Teetering,' examines socio-economic issues of imbalance and resistance, May 29 to June 22. Alaa Awad, Egyptian painter and muralist, "Thebes: What the Ancients have to say about Contemporary Egypt," June 26 to July 27. "Split/Level," Julia Morgan-Leamon solo show: found and altered objects, assemblage, paint, sculpture and video explore rifts (and connections), July 31 to Aug. 24. "Things You See," Sara Farrell Okamura and Hideyo Okamura, prints, drawings and paintings, Aug. 28 to Oct. 26. North Adams.

Meetinghouse Gallery

Eleven artists working in wood, metal and stone, June 14 to July 6. "Portals," Mixed-media group show, July 26 to Aug. 24. Varied work by artists living in New Marlborough, Aug. 30 to Sept. 28. Gallery hours: Friday, Saturday Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. New Marlborough.

Monterey Library

Knox Gallery exhibit: Paula Shalan: Shades of Black (ceramics) through May 31. Leonard Weber June 6 to July 5. "Photography Monterey," community show of photographs taken in Monterey in the last year, July 11 to Aug. 23. "Julie Shapiro: Recent Work," Aug. 29 to Sept. 27. 452 Main Road, Monterey, (413) 528-3795.

National Museum of Dance

"Dance Theatre of Harlem," theater's 40-plus year history; "Tradition in Movement," Guatemalan dances; "Photography of Richard Calmes: Dance Magic" opening in May; Saratoga Favorites of the New York City Ballet by the late Mae Banner, opening in June; "A Tribute To Dance in Film" opening in July; "Tiaras and Tutus." Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

"Off the Beaten Path: Prints by J. Ann Eldridge and Photographs by Bill Duffy," May 17 to June 22. "Dreams and Digressions: New Paintings by Kris Galli" June 28 to Aug. 10. Open weekends 1 to 5 p.m. Free. Spencertown, N.Y.

Vermont Arts Exchange

Recent works by painter Matthew Marks, on exhibit in the Sage Mill Gallery June 6 to 30. Children's art camps in June, July and August. Bennington.

Whitney Center for the Arts

Monthly art exhibits and artswalk celebrations on first Fridays. Pittsfield.

‘Material Friction: Americana and American Art' artworks from WCMA's American art collection, opens June 12. Samplers and blanket chests, Hudson River School paintings and Georgia O'Keefe. Grant Wood in conversation with an Amish farmer and Paul Cadmus talking with a blacksmith from Maine. ‘Franz West' (Austrian, 1947-2012) opens June 7 in conjunction with Mass MoCA show of West's outdoor sculpture. ‘Mitchell, Benglis, Wilke,' three women approach abstraction. Summer School Office Hours with: the Director, the Registrar, the Curator, the Finance guy, drop in 1 to 3 p.m. Monday to Saturday to learn museum's inner workings. Williamstown.

Williamstown Rural Lands

Benefit exhibit of watercolors and oils by Williamstown artist Ed Scofield at Sheep Hill through June 2. Williamstown.

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